Rainy Days

It has been raining like crazy here. Normally I’m an indoor person but the yard needs some weeding which I wasn’t able to do. My parents both have green thumbs but I consider myself lucky if I am able to keep some herbs alive.

Since I was kept indoors, I decided to work on my recipe scrapbook project. You see, I have a bad habit of buying and subscribing to way too many cooking magazines. We have an entire room which we used as a library and even so, my magazines are taking over too much of the shelf space. In an effort to cull the herd I have started going through all my magazines, cutting out the recipes that I want to keep or try and stashing them in scrapbooks.

So far I have different scrapbooks for main courses, soups, desserts etc… They get tucked into the scrapbook until I try them and when I decide they’re work keeping I glue them in. So far the dessert scrapbook, not surprisingly, has the biggest pile of recipes waiting to be tested.

 

Now to the eats.

 

For lunch I decided to make Monte Cristo sandwiches, which is a variation of a Croque Monsieur. Basically you make a thick cheesy Béchamel sauce, spread it on some bread, top it with ham and another slice of bread, then dip it into beaten eggs and cook it in a pan.

His. Yes, it was enormous.

Hers.

I also made Sole Grenobloise for dinner, except with Tilapia instead of Sole. So easy and so good. This is the type of recipe that you can have on the table in 15 minutes.

 

I’m off to go watch a movie with the husband. Bye!